Tom Storm

Of course. I am assuming that this far right generally locates its core values in debased and bigoted expressions of religion.

Interesting. I'm sure social media plays a role. I think the other fact is that if you build awareness (and tolerance) then more people will feel comf...

I loved Suttree. Knoxville in the 1950's: a glorious celebration of darkness, destitution, drinking, deviance, dancing and death.

No, this is good. Thanks.

Chomsky seems to repudiate idealism (in the recent Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal interview). He says something like he sides with 'normal...

That's a great interview. Thanks.

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:fire: I hear you.

As they say in court - you find your experts, I'll find mine. I've known personally and worked with a fair number of trans people. It has always been ...

Mostly you seem unable to address the issue and are relying upon outliers and hasty generalization fallacies. Andrew, it is pretty clear this is a dev...

This is a fairly poor false equivalence. I'm sure you are a smart person but that sounds like the kind of limited thinking that would have someone pro...

I'm not really sure what any of that means in real terms. And how would you go about demonstrating this? Is this true of all of us or just some? Do we...

:yikes: Thanks. The lectures are quite interesting to watch (I've probably seen a dozen or so) but I often find at the end of them I haven't been left...

Nicely done.

Fair enough. By derivative I simply meant derived directly from noumena and 'constructed' through our cognitive limitations.

I'm not sure. I guess I am unclear about how empiricism can be said to have a firm traction on reality if that reality is provisional or, shall we say...

Firstly, thanks for taking the trouble. Yep. Good, all this is something I have considered for many years. I see. Yes some of this resonates fairly we...

I follow the argument and thanks but it is somehow unsatisfying. :wink:

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I think most people would agree to these 5 things - you missed "e". Problem comes with the interpretation, right? What counts as slavery? I would incl...

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:up: Too complex for me, but I get the drift.

Interesting point. Are you thinking of forms of phenomenology here?

So to break this down, Kant seems to be saying we have no choice but to accept empiricism even if it isn't a reflection of things as they are in thems...

Nicely worded. Is this the crux of your narrative? Indeed. Always. Interesting story. Unfortunately as someone who has not privileged philosophy and i...

Agree. I wonder if the laws of physics are more about human cognitive limitations than reality. Do we have a full description and understanding of rea...

I heard Bernado Kastrup say (some YouTube interview) that Kant is not an idealist. What do you think? :fire:

How do you account for Schopenhauer's formulation of antinatalism, pessimism and negativity? Do you think his worldview (presumably acquired via his r...

I hope it's the latter and not just business as usual. Which I guess is a Christian view - love your neighbour as you do yourself. The reason being we...

I agree. I understand the lineage of this this view, I'm just wondering how it helps to think this way. Wouldn't be much of a leap to take the view th...

The world as prison... Not sure that quote helps.

A wise response, Janus. Of course, and like an idiot I didn't even consider this aspect.

A cryptic answer to my question. I'm not sure I follow you. As per Kastrup; mentation presents itself to us in the peculiar way we have come to unders...

I hear you. For me, with a mindset of philosophical ignorance, almost everything sounds like a violation of common sense. :razz:

Could it be that Universal Mind "adhering to strict laws" is merely the wrong choice of words? Maybe he means that reality (including laws of logic, p...

Interesting question. I suspect that boredom and sadness come in soft and hard forms and both are probably unendurable when experience with intensity ...

I really like how that was worded.

I think this touches on something important. I've heard Chomsky make a similar statement. And of course, Chomsky concedes he is a Kantian in relation ...

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Thanks. That's that's come up a bit. I need to find time to investigate it. I am fascinated by how possessions seem to be used to construct a kind of ...

In general there are several codified shapes in UAP land. The saucer is one, cigar shapes and more famously, tic tacs (as recorded on US Navy videos a...

No. Unless it means aliens can save us from ourselves - climate change, nuclear war, etc. I don't know anything factual about aliens. I do believe peo...

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Last time I wore a tie at work was 1988. I think I've worn a suit maybe 4 times in five decades. I bought a new charcoal suit 5 years ago for funerals...

I prefer to think of these displays as worship of Lucasfilm before the reformation.

Cool. It's a theme I've been thinking about a lot since I joined this site. Nice. Yes, I can see how this might get messy.

I think that's a useful frame and it is insightful. I've generally held that most of the things I am passionate about did not come about through reaso...

Cool, thanks. Yeah, I heard him say that Butler is a 'good friend' of his.

Ha! He seems very likable. Interesting. Would it be fair to say he is a divisive figure? I'm never going to get into Lacan or Hegel - it's just not an...

I understand. I came to many of the same positions Epicureanism seems to hold by myself, without reading the work. Apart from abusing alcohol for many...